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William Victor Higgins (June 28, 1884 – August 23, 1949) was an American painter and teacher, born in Shelbyville, Indiana.At the age of fifteen, he moved to Chicago, [1] where he studied at the Art Institute in Chicago and at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
The Taos Society of Artists was an organization of visual arts founded in Taos, New Mexico.Established in 1915, it was disbanded in 1927. The Society was essentially a commercial cooperative, as opposed to a stylistic collective, and its foundation contributed to the development of the tiny Taos art colony into an international art center.
Taos Society of Artists: Ernest Martin Hennings (February 5, 1886 – May 19, 1956) ... Two years after he was born, Hennings' father moved his family to Chicago.
Taos Society of Artists Oscar Edmund Berninghaus (October 2, 1874 – April 27, 1952) was an American artist and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists . He is best known for his paintings of Native Americans , New Mexico and the American Southwest .
Circle City musicians put their own stamp on bebop as well with the 1948 launch of the Bebop Society of Indianapolis — the same year Bird played the Circle City twice.
Joseph Henry Sharp (September 27, 1859 – August 29, 1953) was an American painter and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists, of which he is considered the "Spiritual Father". [1] Sharp was one of the earliest European-American artists to visit Taos, New Mexico , which he saw in 1893 with artist John Hauser . [ 2 ]
Taos Society of Artists Catharine (sometimes Catherine ) Carter Critcher (September 13, 1868 – June 11, 1964) was an American painter. A native of Westmoreland County, Virginia , she worked in Paris and Washington, D.C. before becoming, in 1924, a member of the Taos Society of Artists , the only woman ever elected to that body. [ 1 ]
The Sunset Cafe, also known as The Grand Terrace Cafe or simply Grand Terrace, [1] was a jazz club in Chicago, Illinois operating during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. It was one of the most important jazz clubs in America, especially during the period between 1917 and 1928 when Chicago became a creative capital of jazz innovation and again during ...